ELO's Greatest Hits

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ELO's Greatest Hits
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Greatest hits album by
Electric Light Orchestra
Released23 November 1979
RecordedApril 1973–August 1977
Length44:50
Label
Producer Jeff Lynne
Electric Light Orchestra chronology
Discovery
(1979)		ELO's Greatest Hits
(1979)		 A Box of Their Best
(1980)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Christgau's Record Guide B+ [2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [3]
MusicHound 3/5 [4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Record Mirror Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]

ELO's Greatest Hits is a compilation by the Electric Light Orchestra (ELO), released 23 November 1979. [7] [8] Despite being released after the album Discovery , this album omitted the band's most recent hits, "Don't Bring Me Down" and "Shine a Little Love".

Contents

The album sleeve art features a letter written by the band's co-founder and leader, Jeff Lynne, describing the '73–'78 period and the recording of each of the songs.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jeff Lynne.

Side one
#TitleAlbumLength
1"Evil Woman" (Single version) Face the Music (1975)4:11
2"Livin' Thing" A New World Record (1976)3:31
3"Can't Get It Out of My Head" Eldorado (1974)4:23
4"Showdown" (U.S. single edit) On the Third Day (U.S.) (1973)
Showdown (UK) (1974)		3:53
5"Turn to Stone" Out of the Blue (1977)3:47
6"Rockaria!"A New World Record (1976)3:14
Side two
#TitleAlbumLength
1"Sweet Talkin' Woman"Out of the Blue (1977)3:47
2"Telephone Line"A New World Record (1976)4:38
3"Ma-Ma-Ma Belle" (Single edit)On the Third Day (1973)3:35
4"Strange Magic" (UK single version)Face the Music (1975)4:07
5"Mr. Blue Sky"Out of the Blue (1977)5:05

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19] Platinum50,000^
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong) [20] Gold10,000*
United Kingdom (BPI) [21] Platinum300,000^
United States (RIAA) [22] 4× Platinum4,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ ELO's Greatest Hits at AllMusic
  2. ↑ Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: E". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies . Ticknor & Fields. ISBN   089919026X . Retrieved 24 February 2019– via robertchristgau.com.
  3. ↑ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th edn). London: Omnibus Press. p. 916. ISBN   978-0-85712-595-8.
  4. ↑ Graff, Gary; Durchholz, Daniel, eds. (1999). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide . Farmington Hills, MI: Visible Ink Press. p.  382. ISBN   1-57859-061-2.
  5. ↑ Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian, eds. (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th edn) . New York, NY: Fireside/Simon & Schuster. p.  274. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ↑ Nicholls, Mike (24 November 1979). ELO: ELO's Greatest Hits. Vol. 26. Record Mirror. p. 25.
  7. ↑ "BPI certifications for ELO".
  8. ↑ Burbeck, Rodney, ed. (10 November 1979). "Phenomenal Response to Best of ELO" (PDF). Music Week. London, England, U.K.: Morgan-Grampian: 1. ISSN   0265-1548. Archived from the original on 9 March 2021. Retrieved 9 October 2023. On November 23, Jet Records releases worldwide the Electric Light Orchestra's Greatest Hits album.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  9. ↑ "Cash Box - International Best Sellers" (PDF). worldradiohistory.com. Cash Box. 26 April 1980. p. 18.
  10. ↑ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. St Ives, New South Wales: Australian Chart Book. p. 101. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
  11. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Electric Light Orchestra – ELO's Greatest Hits" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  12. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 9467a". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  13. ↑ "Charts.nz – Electric Light Orchestra – ELO's Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  14. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Electric Light Orchestra – ELO's Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  15. ↑ Salaverri, Fernando (2005). Sólo éxitos: año a año, 1959–2002 (in Spanish) (1st ed.). Spain: Fundación Autor-SGAE. ISBN   84-8048-639-2.
  16. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  17. ↑ "Electric Light Orchestra Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  18. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 0275". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved March 8, 2025.
  19. ↑ "Kent Music Report No 341 – 5 January 1981 > Platinum and Gold Albums 1980". Kent Music Report . Retrieved 12 November 2021– via Imgur.com.
  20. ↑ "IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1983". IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
  21. ↑ "British album certifications – Elo – ELO's Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  22. ↑ "American album certifications – Electric Light Orchestra – ELO's Greatest Hits". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 10 April 2022.
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